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None of them. It would basically become the equivalent of FCS...schools fighting to be the North Dakota State of college basketball.
But fcs never had any good programs I mean there's still be some pretty big powerhouses left for the NCAA tournament.
Hard to be a blue blood without ever winning it all...so back to the original question...UConn (4 titles), Cinci (2), San Francisco (2), MU (1), GTown (1), Nova (1), UNLV (1), Loyola (1), LaSalle (1), CCNY (1) and Holy Cross (1) are the only non-"Power 5" teams to have won NCAA titles. When you combine this past history with recent success and consistent performance, I think you'd have to call UConn, Cinci, MU, GTown and Nova the "blue bloods." I could also see an argument for Memphis, which has never won, but was runner up twice and has a long history of being a solid program. Programs like Gonzaga, Xavier and Butler also come to mind, but would seem like a stretch. Others I missed?
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It wouldn't be us. We would go with the power 5.
How would we manage that? Just say no to football money?
Doesn't college football thrive on having as many eyeballs on the screen as possible? I'm just not sure that isolating themselves to the graduates of ~50-60 schools is the best marketing plan.Look at the NFL. It seems to me that it thrives because every hick in the country associates himself with a team, even if he's 200 or 500 miles away from where they play.Will an organization that has a fanbase of just the graduates of these schools work? I mean I understand that each of these taxpayer financed public universities has 40,000 students, but still.
Most major college football fanbases are much larger than its alumni base. The Power 5 probably get 90% of the eyeballs that watch college football.
They do now, but would that continue? Are people who have no affiliation with the school going to resent that these schools have separated themselves from the unwashed masses?
Maybe it's a question of whether people are dumb enough to buy into being a fan of an elite organization that has set itself apart.
Of course. Do you think most college football fans care that the likes of Middle Tennessee is getting left behind?I'm a fan of college football. I enjoy watching the top teams playing in front of the big crowds on a Saturday afternoon and evening. I will continue to watch that regardless of the fate of the Sun Belt, CUSA and MAC.
I agree in principle, but I think you're missing something. Yes, many people are graduates of schools that are in the P5, but there are many many many more that are not. If the Power 5 really do just say F- You and Go Home, there is going to widespread resentment and backlash directed at them. There's a lot of schools, particularly in the West that would be cut out of this, like Boise St, BYU, Wyoming, Memphis, Cinci, UAB, East Carolina, with large alumni bases that DO care about their team.
I'm sure it has already started on the recruiting trail. I would guess that coaches from the Big 5 conferences are constantly reminding our recruits that MU is now on a lower tier. The Big East is being lumped with the A-10, MWC, and AAC.
I simply don't think the resentment and backlash would be all that widespread.
I thought the goal of every sports league—college and pro—was to draw as many fans to stadiums and TVs as possible. Hard to see how all of this is good for the long-term health of college sports.